Volume 183, no. 24, p. 7094-7101, 2001. Page 7095, Table 1, the gmk probe should read as follows: ATGCGTTGTTCATATTTTTAGCGCCTCCA.
Page 7095, Table 1, the 16S rRNA gene reverse primer should read as follows: CTTCGACGGCTAGCTCCAAAT.
Page 7095, column 2, lines 19 and 20: “900 nmol of each primer, and a 200-nmol probe” should read “900 nmol of each primer per liter, and a 200-nmol/liter probe.”